title: [Swiss guidance for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis].
abstract: Osteoporosis repesents a major health problem in the aging population requiring to take care of an increasing number of patients affected by the disease. Efficacious treatment possibilities are available. However for targeting treatment, easily accessible tools for assessing fracture risk in clinical practice are required. Until recently fracture risk prediction was mainly based on bone mineral density assessed by DXA. Recently the WHO fracture risk assessment tool FRAX has become available offering the possibility to assess individual fracture probability without additional costs. This should allow one to better identify the subjects with increased fracture risk and offering them effective treatment.
authors.affiliation: Clinique d'endocrinologie, diabétologie et métabolisme, Hôpital universitaire de Bâle, Spitalstrasse 21/Petersgraben 4, 4031 Bâle. marius.kraenzlin@unibas.ch
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Kraenzlin
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D015519:Bone Density; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D058866:Osteoporotic Fractures / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology